Jennifer Lawrence, born Jennifer Shrader Lawrence, is an American actress who was born on August 15, 1990, in Indian Hills, Kentucky, northeast of Louisville, Kentucky. She was known for her versatility on and off the screen as well as her approachable and sincere persona. She won the Academy Award for best actress at the age of 22 for her performance in Silver Linings Playbook.
Lawrence began performing in school plays and local theater in Louisville, Kentucky, where she knew she wanted to act from a young age. Read More...
Douglas Arlin Dawson (born December 27, 1961) is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive lineman in theNational Football League (NFL) for eleven seasons in the 1980s and 1990s. Dawson played college football for the University of Texas and received All-American honors. After that, he played professionally for the St. Louis Cardinal Houston Oilers, and Cleveland Browns of the NFL.
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Doug Dawson’s wife Dawson married a Houston socialite in February 1994 and they divorced in 2013. Read More...
By Susie DentFeatures correspondent
Getty ImagesAs ‘dry January’ comes to an end, Susie Dent looks back at the long and colourful relationship between alcohol and the English language.
Dry January is almost over, and temporary teetotallers everywhere will soon be back on the booze. That word ‘booze’ tends to conjure up a certain amount of slurring, with perhaps a swig of decadence thrown in. It also sounds distinctly modern. It is, in fact, over five centuries old, having slipped into English from the Dutch word buizen, to drink to excess. Read More...
